zimocca sponge
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zimocca — zə̇ˈmäkə noun also zimocca sponge ( s) Etymology: New Latin : a rather harsh commercial sponge (Spongia zimocca or S. officinalis zimocca) of a massive more or less conical form occurring in the Mediterranean Sea * * * zimocca /zi mokˈə/ noun A… … Useful english dictionary
Zimocca — i*moc ca, n. A sponge ({Euspongia zimocca}) of flat form and fine quality, from the Adriatic, about the Greek islands, and the coast of Barbary. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sponge — spongeless, adj. spongelike, adj. spongingly, adv. /spunj/, n., v., sponged, sponging. n. 1. any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or… … Universalium
Euspongia zimocca — Zimocca i*moc ca, n. A sponge ({Euspongia zimocca}) of flat form and fine quality, from the Adriatic, about the Greek islands, and the coast of Barbary. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hard sponge — noun : zimocca … Useful english dictionary
